Stormwater U: Pond Management
Easements and Vegetation

7:30 a.m.

Registration

8:00 a.m.

Welcome
Louise Watson, Planning & Education Coordinator – Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District

8:15 a.m.

Stormwater U: Review of Workshops 1 & 2
Shane Missaghi, University of Minnesota Extension

8:30 a.m.

Permit Maintenance Requirement
Anna Kerr, Stormwater Section, Municipal Division, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

8:50 a.m.

What About Easements and Vegetation?
Joel G. Schilling, Schilling Consultant Services LLC
Staff Attorney, League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust

9:30 a.m.

Break

9:45 a.m.

Panel Discussion: Different approaches in easement & vegetation management

• Joel G. Schilling (Moderator), Schilling Consultant Services LLC
• Jennifer Haskamp, Planner; Pulse Land Group for City of Oakdale
• Sharon Doucette, Environmental Resources Coordinator, City of Woodbury
• Mark Vierling, Eckberg & Lammers – Attorneys at Law for the City of Woodbury
• Jon Hanson, P.E., Barr Engineering Company for Valley Branch Watershed District

11:00 a.m.

Field Exercise: Franklin Pond – Various storm event water levels and vegetation management

11:45 a.m.

Lunch

12:30 p.m.

Pond Vegetation Maintenance– Using A Private Contractor
Al Lundstrom, Environmental Coordinator - City of Golden Valley

1:00 p.m.

Maintenance Survey Results – Wet Ponds
Andy Erickson, Research Fellow - University of Minnesota (SAFHL)

Round Table Discussions

• Summary (PDF)

2:30 p.m.

End of Workshop
Thank You.